Radical 亠

5 strokes

lid 亠 (25b) + towel 巾 (427a) = market 市

Take care to distinguish between this character, “encompass” (428a) and “sash” (429b).

城市 (260) chéngshì city

[都市 (262) dūshì city]

He puts a lid on the box of towels (before loading it onto the cart) to take it to market. / Last time the towels had got wet and the dwarf had hit him with a shillelagh!

Radical 巾

3 strokes